Postal Service Cuts Extra Pay For Rail Mail Cars
The Post Office imposes limits on extra compensation for long postal cars. Beginning immediately no railroad will receive extra pay on routes using cars over thirty feet if a thirty foot car suffices. October mail weighing will tally exact statistics for Congress.
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United States
Post Office Department
Cortelyou
G. B. Cortelyou
Meail
Post Office
Meyer
Cortelyon
Chicago
Post Ofice Department
WIM
Congress
New Discovery Praised as Cure for Coughs and Colds
Mrs Julia Tityder Peine of Truro Massachusetts hails a new remedy as giving immediate relief and curing coughs and colds swiftly. The product is advertised as a guaranteed cure for weak lungs and sore throats after other treatments fail, with trial bottles offered at fifty cents and one dollar.
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America
Dr. King
Julia Tityder Peine
Truro
Mass
Jos. Bemmert
Vacation Subscriptions Forwarded Upon Address Change
Subscribers away for the summer may have their Journal forwarded by leaving a new address at the office. Call 25 to arrange mail forwarding. Addresses can be updated as often as desired at no extra charge. Half the vacation pleasure is reading home happenings.
Old Home Week Opens in Boston as City Prepares Festivities
Boston's old home week celebration nears two days away with visitors arriving and plans for a large crowds. The city decorates streets and public buildings with arches flags bunting and lights as religious and patriotic exercises begin the program on Sunday.
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Metropolis
Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
Dixon Assembly to Feature William J Bryan Tomorrow
Freeport residents will attend the Dixon assembly where William J Bryan is billed as the principal attraction. A Democratic club committee aims to secure his address in Freeport and the program lists many noted speakers and entertainers.
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Freeport
William J. ‘Bryan
He Dixon Assembly
William J. Bryan
Democratic Club
Frederick Warda
Hon
Geo. Wend- Hing
David Heagle
Geo. R. Stuart
Richard Yates
Walt Holgomb
J. D. Miller
H. M. Spickier
Sterling Not Patriotic as People Remain Seated
The Sterling Gazette reports citizens failed to stand for the Star Spangled Banner, despite the Sixth Regiment band ending concerts with the national air. It argues it is proper to show respect by rising and doffing hats, condemning the audience's contemptuous behavior Tuesday evening.
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Sterling Gazette
Sterling
This Date in History January 20 Highlights
A compact ledger of notable events and births tied to January 20 across centuries. From Edward VI’s Banbury victory to Tahiti’s annexation and Nevada’s first governor’s death, with birthdays of Shaw and Cortelyou among others.
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Edward TV
Banbury
Epeniay
Henry IV
France
Charles X
Robert SS. McCormick
George Bernard Shaw
George B. Cortelyou
United States Treasury
Trish
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Lawrence
Mass
Tahiti
Henry G. Blasdel
Nevada
Robert Sanderson McCormick Embodied Diplomacy Across Nations
Robert Sanderson McCormick born July 26 1849 in Rockbridge Virginia rose from Chicago farming machinery to diplomacy. He served as secretary at London 1889 1892 to world fair representation in London 1893 first ambassador to Austria Hungary then Russia 1902 1905 and in 1905 moved to the American embassy at Beijing succeeding General Horace Porter.
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Werlord Wee Eeht
Robert Sanderson
McCormick
France
Rockbridge County
Virginia
Great McCormick Company of
Chicago
Robert
University of Virginia
London
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Putin
Horace Porter
Boy's Meeting At M C A Addresses By Rev Davis
The regular boys meeting at the M C A will be addressed by Rev. F. Davis of the United Brethren church next Sunday afternoon. All boys are invited to attend.
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M.C. A
F. Davis
United Brethren Church
Dead bugs clog Janesville streets under streetlights
Millions of dead insects piled in Janesville streets under are lights created a foul stench prompting the fire department to sweep them away.
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Janesville
Wis
Memorable Day and Purifier Offer at Drug Store
A note praises Dr King's New Life Pills as purifiers that cure headache and biliousness and keep the bowels right. The item mentions availability at Jos. Emmatt's drug store with a 250 price badge and prompts readers to read the Journal's want column for details.
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Dr. King
Jos. Emmatt’s
Poison Mystery Renewed In Clinton Case
Interest in the Magill case grows after the arrest of Frederick A. Magill and his bride Fay Graham in San Diego. Coroner's inquest secrecy, letters by the deceased, and suspected arrangements stir debate over Magill's guilt and motive in the death of his first wife Myra Gandy.
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J Citeage
Jay
Frederick A. Magill
San Diego
Cal
Clinton
Magill
Hiis
Miss Graham
Fay Graham
Marguerite
Ole
Chisago
Graham
Denver
Pet Gandy
Dayton
Ohio
Myra
Facts About Japan and Its Empire in Brief
A compendium notes Japan's area comparable to Montana and a population near the U S total, with a wide range of industries from textiles to machinery. It cites Tokyo and Osaka populations, the 1889 constitution, imperial succession, a bicameral legislature, and a large conscript army with 40 000 officers and 1 124 200 enlisted.
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Japan
Montana
United States
Commodore Perry
United States Navy
Tokio
Osaka
Mutsu Hito
Yoshi Hito Harunomiya
House of Peers
Chamber of Representatives
Ufe
Husband and bride charged in poison case
Magill faces charges of administering poison to his wife while his bride is named as an accomplice. The case centers on alleged lethal administration and related conspiracy.
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Magill
Whiteside Sentinel Marks Thirtieth Anniversary
The Morri son Whiteside Sentinel celebrates its thirtieth year since founding on July 28. ISAT A M Snook buys into the Aurora Beacon, vowing to back the business side of that publication. Joliet opens a public swimming pool and Mrs Lucy Sheehan sues Joliet Electric Road for 100000 in damages. Glen Stedman loses three horses when his Tampico barn is struck by lightning. Mississippi river lowlands flood ruin crops and thirty two local hired men are released as farmers face poor yields.
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Whiteside Sentinel
Morrison
Isat
A. M. Snook
Aurora News
Aurora Beacon
Joliet
Lucy Sheshan
Sheehan
Glen Stedman
Tampico
Mississippi
Savang
Butter Prices Still Rising Says Creamery Leader in Elgin
John Newman president of John Newman Butter Company tells Elgin readers butter prices are up and will hold. He argues butter remains the lowest table item, wages rise, and demand grows as producers shift to June butter due to late spring and good milk output in Elgin. He dismisses claims of price control by any trust.
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Elgin
John Newman
John Newman Butter Company
Mr. Newman
Elgin Board of Trade
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